The hotsprings at Lakelse Lake stand deserted now h Phote by Greg Middlaton Everyone has plans for it By ED YUDIN Herald Staff Writer _. The announcement of the imminent development of the Skoglund Hotsprings has fueled speculation as to the nature of the government’s plans. Dave Maroney, the mayor Forest Forest Region headquarters from this city to Smithera Js underway, « - - 1 making the an- nouncement, Regional: Manager Jack Blickert sald aboul 75 ministry personnel - ted would be affected. He said the move had been ‘in planning stage for sometime and that a gradual transfer to personnel started in 1975," There are already some SO Ministry people stationed in Smithers, Blickert anid there were a . number of advantages to be of Terrace, sees a similar facility to the one that existed before the shutdown af the hotsprings, only this time he expects the project will be on a larger scale. “There are things that were there before and ] service Transter of Prince Rupert. , gained by the move, “mainly because Smithera’ _ §eographiec location,” The Prince Rupert Forest Region covers ap: , proximately 315,980 square i kilometres (122,000 aquare miles), extends to the Yukon in the North, Cape Caution in the South, to the Queen Charlotte Islands in the West and to Endako in the East. Because of its more central location, the regional manager explained, Smithers as a regional headquarters is'far - more efficient from a logistica would like to see them there again because a lot of local people made use of them before and would use them again,” he said. Maroney envisions a facility that would include a motel, golf course, a smail ski hill, and of course a good size swimming pool. _ A_ larger scale project would likely attract tourists. Maroney speculated that travel agencies could con- duct winter and summer tours of Smithers, Hazelton and the Nasa area, is moving polnt of view’, and would mean substantial savings in travel time and expenses, In addition, he sald, actically all the larger Beeource agencies already have their headquarters {n Smithers. These include lands, fish and wildlife, mines, water rights, parks + and agriculture, “These are the agencies we are doing business with almost on a day-to-day basis,” he explained, The upcoming move will not leave Prince Rupert com- pletely void of ministry personnel, The clty will continue as headquarters for the recently-created North Coast Forest District, with a staff of 19, Blickert sees, the entire move being completed by latenext year, by which time it is expected all Regional raonnel In Smithers will be used in new facilities, The reglonal headquarters is currently located in Prince Rupert Market Square area, Whether or not the new district manager and his | stati will be headquartered there haa not yet been Inquiry called in suicide VANCOUVER (CP) — Hu- man Resources Minister Grace McCarthy said Wednesday she is In- vestigating allegations by a Surrey doctor that her ministry was partially at fault in the suicide death of a Surrey mother, Dr. John Scarfo had charged that the ministry: and the Crown counsel’s office drove Camilla Simonetto, 33, to her death. The woman hanged herself after being charged with the attempted murder of her infant eon, ~ “You just don't make allegations like that (without proof) »” McCarthy said. “He golng to have to prove it from a legal point of view.” The attempted murder charge atemméd from an incident Sept. 21 in which Mrs. Simonette and her baby were rescued from a water- filled well, Scarfo said the separation f mother and child was unnecessary for the child's Protection and had a devastating effect on the mother, "No attempt appeared to have been made by human resources at any time to consider the condition of the mother,” he sald In an in- terview, Scarfo said that after the baby was born, ‘Mrs. Simonetto suffered from post-partum depression, could not nurse the baby and felt shamed. When the Mair talks fish with Japanese VICTORIA (CP) -- En- vironment Minister Rafe Mair says he has held discussions with Japanese officlala about that country’s involvement in British Columbia's flahing industry. Malr, currently on a trip to Japan and South Korea, said he outlined the province's concerns and expecta to hold more serious discussions at a later date. A report released earller this year by the govern- ment'a marine resources branch showed that foreign inveatment in the industry, riicularly by Japan, waa ‘ar mora widespread than firat belleved. depression deepened, she Jumped into the well with her son, After three days treatment in a local hospital the baby was transferred to the care of his father and Mrs, Simonetta to Riverview,’:a- - nearby Coquitlam,'and.then’ -Teturnéd to Surrey Memértal! Hospital for treatment. Scarfo said that after two weeks of treatment, Mra. Simonetto was ready to return home where she could complete the recovery with the help of her husband and close relatives staying with the family. He said he told the human resources office that the women was about to be discharged, thinking the ministry would provide follow-up services. Instead, he was told the child would be apprehended by welfare offictals if the mother returned home and that attempted murder charges were being laid. “They sentenced her to re- maln in the hospital when ahe should have gone home," he said. psychiatric institution ‘In The baby waa taken away by two social warkers, Scarfo said, despite assurances that the mother would remain in hospital if that would prevent the baby from being removed from _ the home. >| Abfter’-